Quotes by Clever There is no bore like a clever bore. Samuel Butler boresclever People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. Samuel Butler fashioncleverpeople The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia. Samuel West russiacleverideas I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order. Samuel Taylor Coleridge prose-and-poetryprose-poetryclever Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make. Sarah Ban Breathnach safetymotivationclever I have a fantastic husband. Here's the honeymoon part: I still think he's the funniest, wittiest, most clever man I've ever known. Sarah Jessica Parker husbandclevermen I do love poop. I can't help it. The heart wants what it wants. I enjoy being clever and pithy and political, but nothing's going to get me like dumb stuff. Sarah Silverman politicalcleverheart I love books that rhyme. And I love books that are clever and have little lines in them that are meant to amuse the parents who will no doubt be reading the book over and over and over again. Savannah Guthrie readingcleverbook I always see my wife as the clever one, as the wise one in the family. Sayed Kashua wifewiseclever I see that I've become a really bad correspondent. It's not that I don't think of you. You come into my thoughts often. But when you do it appears to me that I owe you a particularly grand letter. And so you end in the "warehouse of good intentions": "Can't do it now." "Then put it on hold." This is one's strategy for coping with old age, and with death--because one can't die with so many obligations in storage. Our clever species, so fertile and resourceful in denying its weaknesses. Saul Bellow agecleverthinking I find social media as fun and engaging as the next person, but imagine if all the creative talent that was pouring into finding increasingly clever ways for us to broadcast daily banality (and then serve ads based on what is learned) instead focused on some of the UN Millennium goals? The world would be a better place. Scott D. Anthony mediacleverfun The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!” Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?” “Don’t try to be clever, young man.” She narrowed her eyes. “It’s elephants all the way down! Scott Westerfeld eyeclevermen Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean. Seth Godin wisdomwiseclever Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work. Seth Godin marketingcleverpeople For one thing, everyone there is so clever. Do they think me dull? Perhaps I should assure them that our goats enjoyed listening to me for hours on end. I am certain their bleats meant "Do go on, Miri, darling. You are immensely entertaining." Your immensely entertaining sister, Miri Shannon Hale cleverlisteningthinking Years ago, before this estate was generously and unwillingly turned over to the crown, the lord here was a genuine dimwit. He had a minister stashed behind his throne to whisper clever things to say. Shannon Hale thronescleveryears Marketing yourself to a new person often involves being charismatic, clever and quick-but most jobs and most relationships are about being consistent, persistent and brave. Seth Godin bravecleverjobs Words. I'm surrounding by thousands of words. Maybe millions...Deep within me, words pile up in huge drifts. Mountains of phrases and sentences and connected ideas. Clever expressions. Jokes. Love songs...I have never spoken one single word. I am almost eleven years old. Sharon M. Draper expressioncleversong Maybe I'm a little biased, but shows like 'Dexter' and 'Southland,' I'm just enthralled by that sort of storytelling, kind of clever and patient. Shawn Hatosy patientcleverlittles More than anything I have learned that we are all frail people, vulnerable and wounded; it is just that some of us are more clever at concealing it than others! And of course the great joke is that it is O.K. to be frail and wounded because that is the way the almighty transcendent God made people. Sheila Cassidy cleverpeopleway«5253545556575859606162»
